Harvard’s Endowment Collapses
Considering all the glowing news stories on how it is practically giving away educations to middle class families, I was shocked to learn in Vanity Fair that Harvard expanded so quickly that its $36.9...
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread
What’s up? Oy vey. The White House has directed agencies to develop plans to trim at least 5 percent from their budgets, according to an article on MSNBC.com. Here is one more story on MSNBC.com and an...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Open Thread
What’s up? In Politics: It’s election day, which means we will have a special open thread tonight at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Please join us! Many people from the Daily Kos crew will be at my house to...
View ArticleDevastating Cuts Proposed for California Working Families
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Last week, I attended the annual California Working Families Policy Summit, which drew 750 people, including legislators, non-profit groups and policy wonks. On our minds: what to...
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What’s up? First of all, let’s wish our resident cranky yankee, Katie, a very happy birthday! May your day be as fabulous as you are! This is maddening: a friend of Expecting Words blogger Laurie Puhn...
View ArticleSchools Cost Money to Run
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, a group that advocates for lower taxes and less government spending, has called approximately 350,000 households urging families to encourage their representatives to...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: Is State Work a Job?
For the voters who showed up to the polls during the 2010 midterm elections, the weak economy and high unemployment rate were king. People were unemployed and they lashed out at the incumbents, who...
View ArticleWho Is Most Affected by Cuts to Planned Parenthood
Finally, someone in the traditional media mentioned the people who will most be affected by cuts to Planned Parenthood’s budget: low-income women. From The Monitor of Texas: McALLEN — Jamie Henry, 24,...
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Live Chat with Ellen Moran!
I am pleased to announce that we are holding a live blog chat here at MotherTalkers today between 9 a.m. PT/ 12 p.m. ET and 10 a.m.PT/1 p.m. ET. We are speaking with Ellen Moran, chief of Staff to...
View ArticleStudy: Daily Exercise Boosts Cognitive Ability
Researchers in South Carolina have found that students who exercise in school 45 minutes a day were not only physically fit but boosted more cognitive skills than students who had physical education...
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